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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03
Gently Closing Doors.

Once / called with friend upon sick
person whose nerves had become so pain
fully acute through suffering that noise
tortured her. A screen door opened from
the room into the hall, and as callers or
members of the family passed in or out, q
quick, sharp slam Of this door followed
close OF their egress or ingress The torture
of the noise sent spaSm of pain across the
sick woman's face, but She bore it uncom-
plainingly, thinking it more endarabIe than
flies and mosquitoes, and no one had no
ticed or thought to lessen this annoyance
until my friends kind heart and quick eye
prompted and planned q remedy. She
called for tacks and cotton batting, and
making firm little cushions Of the batting,
she tackled them up and down the casing
where the door would strike, and the sharp
slam bang was instantly softened as the
door swung to. The grateful language and
glance of the sick woman made me wish
that 1, too, had eyes that could see ways to
be helpful toward others.-Philadelphi
Call.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03
How Bret AarE- L,,st . 600.
L.


When Bret Harte came east In the firsl
flush Of his l alifornia fame and New
York and Boston were bidding for his
work. chicago undertook to wayIay him
and secure the prize for herself To this
end dozel rich and prominent Chicago
ans arranged for an elaborate dinner,
with Larte as the principal guest The
dinner in truth was given en- his &C
count, to indu him to cast his lot in the
Garden City. As an insurer of their pur-
pose they put under his plate an accepted
check for 40, dOJO.
The hour came, and the company, with
one ex' eption-the exception being the
chief guest The dinner was DELAYED.
the dishes cooled and the gentlemen
warmed with impotence and vexation.
still they thought that he would arrive al
the last moment. or at least send sons
word of explanation. It was nearly 10
o'clock when they sat down. having de-
SPARED of his presence. To this day he
has never offered any excuse for his stay.
ing away. But the reason was, I have
been told. that Mrs. Harte had not been
invited. aL which she took grave offense.
communicating her temper to her hns
hand
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03
How to Have white Hands.

A little ammonia or borax In the waEer
you wash your hands with, and that water
just 1ukewarm, viii keep the skin clean and
soft. A little oatmeal mixed with the water
will Written the hands. Many people use
glycerine on their hands when they go to
bed, wearing their gloves to keep the bed
ding clean; but glycerine does not agree
with every one. It makes some skin harsh
and red. These people should rub their
hands with dry oatmeal and wear gloves in
bed. A good preparation for the hands at
night is white of egg, with grain of alum
dissol yed in it. The Roman toilet paste"
is merely white of egg, barley flour and
honey. They say it was used by the Romans
in olden time. It is. first rate thing, but it
does not do the work any better than oat-
meal. The toughest and hardest hands can
be made soft and white IN month q time by
dectoring them little at bedtime; and all
the tools you need are nail brush, bottle
of ammonia, a box of powdered borax, and
a little fine, white sand to rub the stains
off, or a cut of a lemon, which will do
even better, for the acid of the lemon will
clean anything. Popular Science Monthly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03
me DUTY of Cool living.
Hhe Cook.l

"The average individual In shl6 coun
try lives better than the average tndivid
ual elsewhere. says a New Yorker who
lives well. Take it in England The
well TODD man Is great on chops. but the
poor man never has chopa They don'1
have meat at the prices the poor man can
pay, for they keep out American cattle in
order to keep up the prices of English
beef For myself, live generously he
continued. = do not believe that 3 man
can continue long under the strain Of
complicated business q airs aud do good
work unless he keep his physical system
in good working order. I ana shy Of
stimulants, but believe in taking, and
do take. plenty of the. beat food / can
get ] have g regard for regularity, bu.
do not believe man should enslaVe him
self even 20 good habit.
What do eat7 Well. pretty muck
anything that Is 60. d. j am Q strong ad-
yocate of . mixed diet, and while I am as
far as possible from being q vegetarian,
eat plenty of vegetables Nest Is as
necessary to me as any other food, for al.
though in the torrid zones man may get
along well without il, in this climate, at
least, he needs meat Yet meet diet ex.
clusively would be as bad as an eKclu-
sively vegetable diet Fruits. too, are an
important element Of proper eating. The
various acids of the different fruits are all
valuable to the Wonderful mechanism Of
the human frame You may certainly
put me down as thorough believer ia the
wisdom Of taking the best possible care Of
the body. Human life Is worth compare.
lively little unless it is spent under the
best attainable conditions /"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03
Universities In Italy.

There are twenty one universities alto
gether in the kingom of Italy, seventeen
of which are 'Eroyar'-thati is, maintained
out of the funds of the state; and four
"free" universities (Camerino, Macerata,
Ferrara and Perugia) are maintained out
Of local funds. There is only one uIliver-
sity for Piedmont at Turin; for Liguria,
at Genoa; 1 for Lombardy, at Pavia;
for the old Venetian territories at Padua;
2 for the island of Sardinia, at Cagliari
and Sassari; Bologna, Modena, Ferrara
lie near each other; Tuscany has Pisa and
Siena Rome is for central Italy; Naples
is the only university for southern Italy;
while Sicily has three-Palermo, MeSsina,
Catania Naples is attended by $500
students-an attendance which in central
Europe is only surpassed at Berlin and
Vienna. Turin has an attendance Of
2, 100; Rome, 1900; Bologna, 1,160;
Padua, 1000; Pavia, 1000; Palermo $50;
Genoa, about 500; Pisa, 900; Catania, 400.
OF the others, Modena is at the head
with $40, and Ferrara at the foot with 80.
Surely nothing would be lost by the
amalgamation of these miniature univer-
sites. Ferrara only processes to teach
medicine mathematics and jurispru-
dence; Macerata, jurisprudence only.
Per contra, the great Milan academy
where Ascoli teaches tone Of the greatest
philologists in Europe and the Abate
Ceriani is Librarian of the Ambrosian-
has not the rank of a university although
it doe more genuine university work than
a dozen of the nominal universities. The
same is to be said of the Institute of Higher
Studies at Florence, where the teaching
staff includes the historian Villari, the
great Hellenist COmparetti and De Guer-
natis, Bartoli and Rajna-names famous
all over Europe Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03
Smallest commonwealth in the world

Smallest Commonwealth In the World.
The Lilliputian principalities of Lich-
tenstein, San Marine and Monaco,
hitherto considered to be the smallest
commonwealth in Europe, are relatively
well sized territories as compared with
another-the village of Rueckersdorf.
For while the aforementioned states
count their territories by square miles
and their populations by thousands, or
hundreds at least. Rueckersdorf com
prises only few square meters, and its
inhabitants at the present time do not eX
coed fourteen.
It is situated in the eastern part of the
duchy of Altenburg, about an hours dis
lance from the watering place of Rome
burg, ten minutes walk from the foot of
Mount Reuster, which rises to height of
358 meters above the level of the Baltic,
and from the summit of which one over
looks an extent of country of nearly six
teen square miles, subject to the sway of
eight rulers.
The commune of Rueckersdorf, twelve
farms with the land belonging thereto,
constitute an enclave of the kingdom of
Saxony, six of which farms, in alternate
order, belong to Saxony and the other six
to A1tenburg Thus far it is not cleared
up which of these two states has the
right of patronage over the church and
school In the eaSternmost part of the
village on steep bluff are two houses
without buildings; no one knows to whom
they belong, for time out of mind nobody
has ever claimed them. Sick and weary
of this, the population has offered itself
en- masse to Saxony and begged to be
taxed by her, conscripted by her-any
thing but left out in the cold shade
Court Journal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03

Women Can AfTOEd 20 Remsin single.
The common talk Is among young men
that they cannot afford marriage, because
wives are such an expensive luxury, and al
together such an impeachment that no one
can afford to have one unless he is very
rich, or is willing to remain very poor.
This kind of twaddle is so smuch IN vogue
that it viii probably seem hereSy TO take
any other view of the case, but bearing In
mind the innumerable stories Of beating
and n1utilation, and even murder, indicted
upon women by drunken and ugly hus-
bands, it seems TO be about time to start
crusade to bring about resolve on the part
of women not yet married. They run about
twenty times as much risk in such an
operation as the man does, and if the latter
cannot ''afford" to take unto himself a wife
the majority can well afford on their part
to remain single. Within twenty years we
predict that clubs for women and an in
creased independence in earning a hveli-
hood, and generally better status for un-
married women will result in a serious
diminution of the marriage rate. And, when
women are not to be got for the asking,
men will be more careful Of them. A little
corner in the marriage market would not
be a bad thing.-Boston Record.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03
Care of ChiIdren's Feet.

Wise mothers see that the children always
have dry feet. Shoes should be loose enough
to be comfortable always-haf an inca
longer than the foot, but not loose enough TO
slip round. Never let the child wear Q
shoe that is run over on the side or heel,
and constantly discourage the habit Of
standing on the outer edges Of the shoe,
turning in the toes, or rubbing one foot
over the other. Have the child taught
from the earliest hours of understanding
that the moment his feet are wet he must
change shoes and stockings. Some chill
drens feet perspire so that wooden stock
ings keep the feet damp and cold; let them
wear cotton hose, and buy the elastic
wooden webbing which comes by the yard,
and draw it over the child's limb to the
ankle; this will protect the limbs, which,
in snow and slush, should also be covered
with leggings. If mothers will make it q
rule that the child's hose must be hung up
when taken off, and the feet warmed be-
fore going to bed, they will save them
selves much trouble. Too many mothers
tie up a child's throat, a most pernicious
habit, and allow the child to wear thin
shoes or sit with rubbers on for hours
PHILADELPHIA Call
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03

A soft-breasted bird from the sea

A soft-breasted bird from the sea
Fell in love with the Lighthouse flame;
And it wheeled round the tower its ARREST wing,
And foated and cried like IovelOrn thing;
1t brooded all day and it futtered all night,
But could win no look from the steadfast light
For the fame had its heart afar-
Afar with the ships at sea;
1t was thinking Of children and waiting wives,
And darkness and danger to sailors lives;
But the bird had its tender bosom pressed
On the glass where at last it dashed its breast.
The light only fiickered, the brighter to glow;
But the bird lay dead on the rocks below.
John Boyle O'Re1ly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03

There have been sent to the Delaware
peninsula Q, 0o0, ono barrels to pack sweet
potatoes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03
Improving on Nature.

'You can't improve on nature. - said
old Hardhead. go, yes you CAM said
Young Hyson; "a man may be born q
natural fool, but If he keeps on, like some
men know, by the time he's so he's :
bigger fool than all the babies in the
world. Nature can't make fool equal
20 the man who makes fool OF himself. -
And then old Hardhead Qrowled that he
wasn't talking politics, bnt art.-Bur-
dette
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-03

There is something wrong In the system
when idleness Is burdened with wealth
and industry with famine.-Col. Bob In.
gersolL
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
Governor Waterman and Pardons.


In an interview regarding pardons with
the Governors Private Secretary, the latter
in defining the Governors policy, said :
The Governor intends to make an in
vestigation into this pardon scandal as
thol ough as the means at his disposal will
allow. He will get the bottom of it if he
can. His business in this city will not per-
mt him to enter upon the investigation for
some weeks. The extreme care which the
Governor displays in this consideration of
the question OF pardons is typical of his
business methods generally. Governor
Stoneman has brought considerable trouble
upon himself by his habit of leaving blank
pardons signed by himself about his office.
No document will ever be signed by Gov
ernor Waterman to be used in his absence.
Ills signature will be affixed to papers only
when they are being used, which is, of
course, the only proper way. The method
OF issuing the pardon has also been radically
changed. he has instituted the pardon
day, and 1t works like charm, giving the
Executive month in which to carefully
examine the reasons for asking the pardon.
The next pardon day will be December
l4th, but friends of prisoners, APPLYING on
that occasion, will not know the result of
their entreatieS before the second Wednes.
day IN January. The Governor has also
established the rule that every pardon must
go directly to the Warden of the prison and
be by him delivered to the party in whose
interest it was issued. No person seeking
the pardon, whether attorney or friend,
will get possession of it. By such safe
guards as these the Governor deems that
he will remove every suspicion of favorit-
ism from the conduct of his office and make
the securing of pardons no longer matter
OF dollars and cents"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26

A dispatch from Woodland last night
says; The defense rested their case and
the prosecution began to offer evidence in
rebuttal. J. H. Harlan was recalled and
subjected to severe examination by Gen
eral Hart. They are endeavoring to i'm
peach his testimony, and expect to show by
numerous witnesses that he made state
ments at the time of the homicide which
would nnllify his plea of self defense. w.
c. Curtis, the first witness called, threw a
bomb shell into the home camp. They
expected to prove by him that Harlan had
said to him on the day of the homicide,
Immediately after the tragedy, while speak
ing of the shooting, a man has the right
to protect the honor of his family This
they claim contradicts his plea of self-de-
tense. Mr.. Curtis testified that Harlan
made such statement to him. The pros
ecution then asked the witness if Harlan
made any other statement to him on that
occasion. Curtis, much to the chagrin of
General Hart. replied: Yes; he also
said that he was compelled to kill him.
The taking of testimony in rebuttal will
likely be finished tomorrow
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
Boruck on the State Iibrarv

a reporter yesterday asked Governor
Waterman's Private Secretary if there were
any departments in particular whose man
agement the Governor disapproves. and he
replied YES. There is the State Library.
which appears to have been run without
the slightest responsibility to the Admins
tration or the people at large. The Governor
will meet the Trustees of the Library some
time tomorrow in executive ses sion, and
strive to the best of bis ability to effect
change IN the management of the institu-
ton. If it can be done the Librarian, 7.
ii. Wallis, will be removed, but it is feared
that the law may prevent this desired
change, as the unanimous vote of the Trus-
tees must be secured before his place can be
declared vacant. During the past twenty
one months great sum of money has been
expended, presumably to enhance the use
fitness of the library, but the Governor has
been unable to discover whittier the money
went. For instance, there is an item in the
shape of an appropriation of $4,000 for
cataloging the library. OF course it is
easily recognized that if the library had
been cared for as it should have been no
such appropriation would be necessary.
The work has been proceeding in desul-
tory manner under Wallis direction, and
st his rate of progress it will require years,
and it NAV be 100000, TO complete the
work. The Governor has secured a thor
ough, reliable man, who will contract to
make complete catalogue in four months
for 50 500 -
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
LAYING of a Cornerstone.

Thanksgiving at Biggs was observed by
the entire community in way that will
long be remembered. About 10 A. NJ. a
procession was formed near the center of
the town, and after marching through the
principal streets, formed hollow square at
the corner of Third and streets, where
the ceremony of laying of the corner
stone of the NJ. E. Church took place The
exercises were conducted by Rev. A. T.
Needham, of this city, assisted by Rev l..
w. Simmons, the pastor of the Biggs con-
gregation. AT the conclusion of the exer-
cises, the line was again formed and all
marched to Hamilton Hall, where a grand
turkey dinner was served by the Ladies
Aid Society. Over four hundred sat down
to the table-there was plenty of provisions
for all and no one went away dissatisfied.
In the evening Mr.. Needham delivered a
stirring lecture upon My Recollections of
Soldiers Life in Camp, Field and Prison"
The lecture was able, eloquent and patri-
otto, and frequently applauded.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
Lost His Game.

A lew days ago well-known sportsman
OF this city, whose name in Chinese would
be 10 Kane, went up the river on hunting
expedition accompanied by friend. A
good place was selected on the banks of a
pond, and the eager huntsmen sat down to
await their prey. To their dismay. the
ducks and geese made themselves yerv
scarce, and the hunters began to get very
hungry. a stock Of apples which thew had
taken with them was gradually diminish
ing IN quantity, when 10 three swans came
sailing along in the air. Here's your
chance, 10" exclaimed his military guest.
10; too, saw that it was, and dropping
haii-eaten apple, seized his trusty howi,Zer
ana made short work of one of the birds.
which Tell to the ground quite a distance
away. I'll finish my apple first and then
get that swan" said the proud hunter, who
had laid down his gun and was hurriedly
devouring the other half of his dinner. Il
happened that another party, driving that
way in buggy, saw the bird fall, and
noticing no one to claim it. quietly
pocketed the game and proceeded to get
away as rapidly as possible. 10 had lust
started for 1t when he beheld the poachers
driving away. He yelled at the top of his
voice . Halt, you Williams" and other epi-
thets, but to no avail, the party turning a
deaf ear 10 his entreaties. A chase of about a
mile anda half followed, but it was fruitless.
Both of the unlucky hunters came to the
city IN the evening swearing vengeance on
the scoundrel who would poach from an
Innocent hunter
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
Reduction in TeIeeranb Rates

A general reduction of rates for messages
will be putin force by the Western Union
Telegraph Company December l, 1887, and
continue thereafter. The rates affecting
California are as follows:
Between all Western Union offices in the
section containing Wyoming. Arizona
Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico. California
Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington Territory
the maximum rate will be IS cents for ten
words and five cents for each additional
word.
Between all offices in the section con-
tanning Nevada, Oregon, California. Wash
lngton Territory, the maximum will be 60
cents for ten words and four cents for each
additional word.
between offices IN the section containing
Arizona, California, Nevada, the maximum
Will be go cents for ten words and four
cents for each additional word.
The rate between San Francisco and Sac
ramento will be % cents for ten words. and
the maximum between all offices in the
State OF California will be 40 cents for ten
words and three cents for each additional.
between San Francisco and Salt Lake CITY,
bO cents for ten words and four cents for
each additional word.
The circular fixing these rates says
With the adoption of the above new State
rates, the present scale for night messages
will have to be abandoned, the heavy re-
ductlon in day rates being all that the bust
ness Will bear. A new schedule of night
rates will be issued shortly.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
Ho! for Hangtown.

There is, perhaps, no county in the
State whose early history is fraught with so
much interest as that of Ell Dorado. For
many years it was the banner county of the
State, and at one time in early mining
days, $4,000 people resided within its Dor
ders- The placer mines long since were
worked out, but its gravel and quartz mines
still produce handsomely. Ell Dorado's
chief value to-day is her incompatible
fruit lands and faultless climate The rail-
road will be completed to Placerville in
from six to eight weeks, and then Hang
town, the most famous of all the early min
ing towns of California, will be con-
nected with the metropolitan cities
by rail, and her beauties, that
have so long remained hidden, nestled in
between vine-clad hills, will be open to the
inspection of tourists, and in a few years
she will rank among the best health-resorts,
and as place of residence will have no
superior. In Alameda county there has
been for many years an organization known
as the Ell Dorado Society, prominent among
the membership of which are leading pub
lie officials and men of note, who passed
the first few years they were in the State in
Ell Dorado county. This society, number
ing membership of over l 900, has already
taken steps to charter one train, or two if
necessary, to go to Placerville as soon
as the read is completed. They
will be accompanied with bands of
music, and no doubt the reunion of old
timers" will be one of the grandest that
ever took place on this coast.
Prominent among those who are getting
up this excursion are A. C. Henry, w. T.
Gibbs, ]. B. Hume, Pope Gray, w. H.
Rogers. and many others whose names are
as familiar in Ell Dorado county as house
hold words. No doubt the excursionists
will be greeted on their arrival by one-half
of the people of the county, and Placerville
will be as lively as it was the night the
news was received of the surrender of Lee
at Appomattox. A similar excursion will
go to Placerville from this city, and it will
be race between Oakland and Sacramento
to see which gets there first.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
The Best of All.

Rufus Waterhouse, New York caters to the finest
trade in the United States He is the maker of the
Carlton Tie, which is meeting with great and deserved
success
1t is large full sailor knot SO made as to have the
appearance when worn of having been tied by the
wearer. The patterns the finest we have ever seen
in any one line Of scars They include light, dark and
medium effects. to suit all tastes and requirements
Prices, so and IS CENTS 81 and ST IS, according to
quality of silk etc.